BoRaGard (3,104 posts)
2. G.O.P.'s draft-dodging casino hustler will be at the Army-Navy game today
Reply to dalton99a (Original post)
Sat Dec 14, 2024, 11:08 AM
Forcing the women and men he called "suckers and losers" to salute a five-time draft-dodging republicon felon/rapist who wants to use them, but does not respect them.
No honor in that. At all.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219820338#post2
First, this is probably going to be long so I apologize ahead of time, but the DUmp’s (and left’s) “he called them suckers and losers” masterbation fantasy has been bothering me for awhile now.
From what I understand, the one that started the “he called them suckers and losers” tale is General Kelly. When you look at the entire situation with common sense and logic, the claim just doesn’t hold water for me. If I remember correctly, Kelly claims it was said in 2017; however, he didn’t broadcast the story until 2020 AFTER he was let go from the White House. If the statement was really happened, why did Kelly wait so long to say anything? I’ve never served in the armed forces, but if I would have heard that statement it would have pissed me off to no ends, and I would have been immediately pushing back on the statement and letting everyone know about the asshole who said it. Since Kelly is a Marine, you’d think he’d take even more offense than I would have, but yet he stayed quiet for about 3 years. While I respect the General’s service in our country’s uniform, it does not make him pure as the driven snow and beyond reproach. By all accounts, he could be a power hungry asshole which, from reading about his time at the White House, seems to be one reason he was let go from the White House. The most sensible and logical answer is that the statement was never said. Instead, Kelly held a grudge for not getting his way at the White House and saw the opportunity to get back at Trump for not bowing knee to his General’s stars.
On a related note, it amazes me how he quickly went from a “baby killer” (the DU name for our military) to being St. Kelly. All he had to do was create a Bouncy Tale against a DU enemy.
Now, I know some of you guys have served (thanks and respect to you for that) so you'd no better than I do. In your opinion, would a patriotic general allow such a statement, even from the president, to stand?